Town Clerk Nicole Merrill said she planned ahead for this election and enlisted the help of a few extra ballot clerks to make sure things ran smoothly.

'We've seen a lot of new voters out here today,' said Merrill, motioning to the line of around 30 residents waiting to register.

Outside the polls, Jeff Torrice held a Mitt Romney campaign sign attached to a faded American flag. Torrice said he's had the flag for many years. 'It has 48 stars on it: that's how old it is,' he noted.

Nearby, David Bates held similar signs and stood next to a television he'd set up, which played a video he'd made urging voters to consider alternatives to the current President.

'I wanted people to see (President Obama's) record. We're in a serious financial crisis,' he said.

Asked if he'd gotten permission to play a video outside the polls, Bates said he'd made sure he was in the permitted campaigning zone, noting, 'As far as I know, we still have First Amendment rights.'

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